Valtteri Bottas signs new Mercedes F1 deal as team keep options open for 2019

• Finn signs new one-year deal to race alongside Lewis Hamilton• Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen contracts run to end of 2018

Valtteri Bottas has signed a new one year deal to race for Mercedes in the 2018 Formula One season. The Finn has impressed alongside Lewis Hamilton at the team that has won the last three drivers’ and constructors’ championships. He has won twice this year and although expected to maintain his drive, the team had held off confirming the deal while the 2017 driver market remained fluid.

The one-year deal allows Mercedes to keep their options open with Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen both contracted at Red Bull until the end of 2018.